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LOT 0073

Greek Terracotta Female Bust

CIRCA 6TH CENTURY B.C.

9 5/8 in. (1.4 kg total, 24.5 cm including stand).

Modelled in the round wearing a polos headdress and large disc earrings, the segmented hair retained by a diadem and falling to the shoulders; finely modelled facial features with lentoid eyes and full pouting lips; mounted on a custom-made stand.

Provenance

with Petit Musée, Montreal, Canada, 1995.
Acquired Bonhams, London, 28 November 2017, lot 74.
Private collection of Professor Kenneth Graham, London, UK.

Accompanied by the original catalogue page and a copy of the original invoice.

Literature

Cf. Van Rooijen, G., Goddesses of Akragas, a study of terracotta votive figurines from Sicily, Leiden, 2021, nos.96, 163, for similar.

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LOT 0073

Greek Terracotta Female Bust

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040

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